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Busted Flat in Baton Rouge: songs about being on the road?
I'm on the road again this fine morn... Vegas to Gallup to Lubbock to BR. Any fine songs about being on the road, or about points in between?
22 Answers
- SmileyLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Here's a few that I enjoy ;)
"Road Ladies" - Frank Zappa...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKFWi85-k4s
"Life On The Road" - Heidecker & Wood...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjY11NtUceU
"Eight Days On The Road" - Foghat...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eEiEw0k9oA
"Working On The Road" - Ten Years After...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWMKNO19h30
"Ladies Of The Road" - King Crimson...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVv48X569GA
"So Many Roads" - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nePwvdWQMg
"Life On The Road" - Dogfeet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YiuThfkuI0
"No Easy Road" - Wishbone Ash...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXQrtesxaXE
"One Huge Road" - Golden Earring...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A3nmMnYWJs
"On The Road" - Widowmaker...
Source(s): "On The Road" - Max Webster... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_49M65fPPoM "Highways" - Jeff Beck Group... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZAVPnWtguo ...and something that I uploaded to YouTube by the band 'Hard Meat' featuring a few cuts from both of their LP's...the first song being "On The Road"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZkxIo0oLvU - elizabethLv 69 years ago
Well, I see I'm very late to this party. Of course there's the one you got the line from:
Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7hk-hI0JKw
And for good measure, here's Kris' version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-J7mLyD3yc
Six Days on the Road - Sawyer Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoWb_QxYDM0
All the Roadrunning - Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9uEEize_YE
Not a point in between but close enough to BR
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (covered by the Grateful Dead; couldn't find the original)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwsjQbf0czc
Stay safe on the road, Cowboy! :)
- Anonymous6 years ago
Broke Down on The Brazos- Government Mule.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5O-USmEg-0
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- 9 years ago
I won't mention Seger's "Turn The Page" - it's a great song but everyone knows that one.
1 - Lodi - CCR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx3efB1QE24
2 - On The Road Again - Canned Heat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoTHvlxTomc
3 - You Can Sleep While I Drive - Melissa Etheridge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGz5a0AbZMM
4 - Road To Nowhere - The talking Heads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKqzayNo4Dk
5 - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fgGNZYR5QM
6 - Highway Song - Blackfoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy5TIsBNjhE
7 - Roll On Down The Highway - Bachman Turner Overdrive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbtk0jq-enE
8 - Key To The Highway - Eric Clapton and BB King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5wgWxXYJ-8
9 - Long Way Home - Tom Waits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdyscH9TsnA
10 - The Long Road - Mark Knofler
- 13AcrossLv 79 years ago
Rolling Stones - Route 66
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JljT3f8uV1g
Bruce Springsteen - State trooper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmT-jlL8ZiY
@ Hope - second Hungry Heart
CCR - Lodi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuqlRcmmyPw
Woody Guthrie - Blowin' down the road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qquzBFJdVw
From this side of the pond
Billy Bragg - A13 (trunk road to the sea)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1whGUEe7xM
It's Immaterial - Driving Away From Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypadKraAb1s
Half Man Half Biscuit - M-6-ster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PNX3P7C1wI
http://www.chrisrand.com/hmhb/this-leaden-pall-199...
John Otway - A413 revisited
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wldTLUC6U-c
Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway
- Anonymous9 years ago
Since I just read that we lost Joe South today, I'll post one of my favorites. "Games People Play" is well known, but I've always liked "Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AirBbS4R7Z0&feature...
Never cracked the Top 40 (maybe for the skinny-dipping reference; this was 1969, remember).
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/arts/music/joe-s...
Probably the last good Skynyrd song, this one about truck driving. Nice outro.
"Born To Run"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqVlZ_KwSSo
Actually heard this in concert and it sure made me sit up in my seat. Ed King and Randall Hall were flanking Gary Rossington.
In the spirit of Woody, Josh White and Pete, Steve Earle's "Jericho Road"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoNDOP7Au64
Sonny and Brownie: "Walk On"
- 9 years ago
I love that drive from Vegas to NM. Been all up thru that part i dont even know how many times driving from Colima, Mexico back up to Canada. Drive safe, Cowboy! :)
PS- you're gonna want to stop in Flagstaff at Satchmo's BBQ for their pulled pork and jambalaya
On The Road Again *Obviously* - Willie Nelson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TD_pSeNelU
Truckers Prayer - Box Car Willie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAsn-AwANyw
I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash's cover (because we all know I love Johnny :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw
Roll On 18 Wheeler - Alabama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYtJIFVxQXY
East Bound and Down - Jerry Reed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3PJEZcA4Kw
Truckin' - Greatful Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pafY6sZt0FE
Hungry Heart - Bruce Springsteen ( i LOVE this song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxptQ_75mQw
I'll add more when I think of 'em :)
- MartinLv 79 years ago
Here's one for the return trip-
Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight-Rodney Crowell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqRDVuFnFZw&feature...
The Road Goes On Forever-R.E.K.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvQX3KNpRM8
Lord Of The Highway-Joe Ely
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thg-xiaJoQg
40 Miles Of Bad Road-Duane Eddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z7nAaTr6JQ
Thank God For The Road-The Flatlanders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH3fFwsxdFo
Long Way To Town-The Paladins
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Long+Way+To+Town/3Hykh...
Too Many Highways-Merle
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Too+Many+Highways/3OOq...
White Line Fever-Merle
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/White+Line+Fever/g6rng...
Nowhere Road-Steve Earle
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Nowhere+Road/1R1qMC?sr...
Man Of The Road-Wayne Hancock